Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can't

By Steven Biggs

Book Overview

Find out how to grow a lemon tree in a pot. Or to grow a lemon tree in the ground where it's not hardy.

In this fun, award-winning book, horticulturist Steven Biggs give cold-climate gardeners the essentials for growing and harvesting lemons. Lemons make a great potted plant in cold climates-and are much easier to keep over the winter than many people expect.

In this book, you'll find out about:

Potted lemon tree careRepotting lemon treesSoil for lemon treesLocation for a lemon treeFeedingPropagationPests and problems

You'll also learn why the little lemon trees you've grown from seed don't fruit

And find out how lemon enthusiasts in USA, Canada, and the UK take care of their lemon trees.

DID YOU KNOW that some gardeners store lemons in a cold, dark garage for the winter? Others keep them as houseplants. Ever thought of Christmas lights as a way to help lemons overwinter? That's in the book too.

GardenComm 2020 Gold award.

About Steven Biggs

Steven Biggs is a horticulturist and expert in home food gardening, based in Toronto, Canada. Cold-climate exotics is his specialty. He is the author of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't, Growing Figs in Cold Climates: 150 of Your Questions Answered, and Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't: How to Grow an Olive Tree in a Pot.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986814431
• ISBN13: 9780986814433
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: No Guff Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"